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The weather warning are in force 6pm on Wednesday and 9am on Thursday.

(Image: Met Office)

Some gusts will become gale force and disruption is possible with yellow warnings of dangerously high winds across the region.

Forecaster Eleanor Bell, of The Weather Channel, said: “It will be a very cold start across Great Britain with temperatures below freezing widely across the north and close to freezing for central and southern areas.

“However, it will be the evening when the temperatures reach their lowest as the westerly winds veer north-westerly dragging in colder air from the north.

A graphic of the UK by The Weather Company showing snow is due (Image: The Weather Company)

“A deep area of low pressure centred to the north will drive a showery and blustery west to north-westerly wind throughout the day with the showers falling as snow down to ground level for Scotland and parts of Ireland with a mixture of rain and snow for north-west England and Wales.”

Another deep low will approach Ireland late on Wednesday and move eastwards over Britain overnight into Thursday.

Snow at Long Plantation on Dartmoor on December 27, 2017 (Image: Mark Shackleton)

This low could potentially be the next named Storm Fionn and this will bring widespread heavy rain falling as snow down to lower levels over Scotland.

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Between 3-7cm of snow accumulation is predicted for western Scotland overnight with 7-12cm expected at levels above 400m.